Yesterday in Wayland

2005

Wayland city elections turned complicated with a tie between incumbent Urban Roth and newcomer Melinda Ullery. After a straw vote, Ullery won the seat.

Harold and Margaret (Jaeger) Messer will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Nov. 27.

Randy and Lorrie Roth have announced the birth of their grandson, Gannon Heiland Roth, born Nov. 9.

2000

Karole Miller received first level membership in Master Municipal Clerk Academy.

1995

Michelle Putman and Andy Davis were united in marriage on Nov. 11.

WACO Junior High students Aaron Goff and Lee Eichelberger are preparing for ham radio license examinations.

1990

Michelle Therese Eberle and Byron Clarence Roth were married Sept. 22.

Anne Elizabeth Humphreys and Vern Alan Dengler were married Oct. 27.

1985

The bridge across Crooked Creek on W55 is to be replaced after being damaged when hit by the blade of a bulldozer being hauled on a lowboy truck. The bridge has been closed to traffic since the accident.

Harold and Margaret Messer observed their 40th wedding anniversary with an open house on Nov. 27.

Mr. and Mrs. Frances Crone were honored for their 50th wedding anniversary.

1980

Ritchie Johnson was hospitalized after 7700 volts of electricity passed through his left shoulder and out his right hand working for Butler Bins moving a bin.

1975

A runoff election for Wayland mayor is needed as neither candidate received the necessary percentage of votes to be elected. On the ballot will be Sherman Umphrey and James G. Stoops.

Eva M. Rebo, 39, was injured when she fell asleep at the wheel and her car left eh road and crashed into a fence at the intersection of Coppock and the Wayland-Washington blacktop.